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What's something Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
922
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004917
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy
2850 W 24th Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1770 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL922 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
841 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 111 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (89).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
24.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
13.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 7.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy this school | 922 | 91.2% | 18.8% |
| Lloyd Elementary School Chicago | 844 | 91.7% | 21.7% |
| Nightingale Elementary School Chicago | 917 | 90.6% | 24.1% |
| Falconer Elementary School Chicago | 846 | 90.4% | 29.5% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Eberhart Elementary School Chicago | 1,011 | 94.3% | 19.4% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,642 of 1,925 | #590 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,790 of 2,077 ▼ 60 | #639 of 829 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,813 of 2,077 ▼ 157 | #698 of 829 ▼ 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 922 | #28 of 2,419 | #24 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,019 of 2,035 | #465 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #1,735 of 2,042 | #658 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #251 of 2,132 | #182 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,012 of 1,461 | #497 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
922
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,302
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 922 | 69 | 13.4:1 | 91% (841) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 69 | 12.3:1 | 92% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 69.5 | 12.5:1 | 93% (806) |
| 2020-21 | 932 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 57.8 | 17.4:1 | 96% (964) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 63 | 18.8:1 | 95% (1,128) |
| 2010-11 | 1,327 | 61 | 21.8:1 | 100% (1,324) |
| 2000-01 | 1,330 | 65 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,302 | 69 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,005 to 922); teachers up 19% (57.8 to 69).
About Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, administered by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It educates 922 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Hispanic students make up 92% of enrollment at Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy. Other students are 6% Black and 2% White. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 69 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy is 18.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.8%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Telpochcalli Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy. The five-mile area around Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 14.6% proficiency; Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy posts 18.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 922, starting from 932.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Telpochcalli Elementary School0.0 mi · 209
- Spry Elementary Community School0.1 mi · 317
- Spry Community Links High School0.1 mi · 82
- Hammond Elementary School0.3 mi · 259
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.3 mi · 98
- Kanoon Elementary Magnet School0.3 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Maria Saucedo Magnet AcademyHow many students attend Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy?
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy enrolls approximately 922 students in grades PK-08.
Is Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy have?
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy?
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy?
Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.